Ecological Assessment of Storm Impacts

Data Collection

anthracene

Basic Information

Synonym(s): Paranaphthalene; Anthracene; Anthracene ; anthracin; Anthraxcene; green oil; tetra olive n2g;
Formula: C₁₄H₁₀
Molecular Weight: 178.233
Boiling Point (°C): 342
Melting Point (°C): 218
Contaminant Type: anthracene is a polyclyclic aromatic hydrocarbon.
Notes: MONOCLINIC PLATES FROM ALCOHOL RECRYSTALLIZATION; WHEN PURE, COLORLESS WITH VIOLET FLUORESCENCE ; When crystallized from benzene, colorless, lustrous plates are formed which exhibit a blue fluorescence ; YELLOW CRYSTALS WITH BLUE FLUORESCENCE

Solubility (in water)

• Solubility: 4.34E-06 g/100ml ^d
  

• Solubility: 4.10E-02 mg/kg ^ao
  Temperature (°C): 25
  

• Solubility: 7.50E-02 mg/kg ^ao
  Temperature (°C): 25
  

• Solubility: 4.46E-02 mg/kg ^ao
  Temperature (°C): 25
  

• Solubility: 7.50E-02 mg/kg ^ao
  Temperature (°C): 29
  

• Solubility: 7.30E-02 mg/kg ^ao
  Temperature (°C): 25
  

• Solubility: 1.29E+00 mg/l ^ak
  Temperature (°C): 25
  Formulation: in distilled water

• Solubility: 6.00E-01 mg/l ^ak
  Temperature (°C): 25
  Formulation: in salt water

• Solubility: 7.50E-02 mg/l ^ak
  Temperature (°C): 15
  

• Solubility: 7.30E-02 mg/l ^an
  Temperature (°C): 25
  

Half-Life (in soil unless otherwise noted)

• t1/2: 3.3; 108; 129; 138; 143; 175 days ^ak
  Environment: at initial conc between 3 and 40 mg/kg soil
  

• t1/2: 108-175 days ^ak
  Environment: in soil
  

• t1/2: 57-210 days ^ak
  Environment: in unacclimatised sediments
  

• t1/2: 5-7 days ^ak
  Environment: in oil-treated sediments
  

• t1/2: 3.3; 108-139 days ^al
  Environment: biodegradation in soils
  

• t1/2: 1600 days ^an
  Environment: by oxidation
  

• t1/2: 18-300 day ^an
  Environment: by volatilization (may be competitive with adsorption)
  

• t1/2: >11.3 day ^an
  Environment: biotransformation/biodegradation
  

• t1/2: ~35 minutes ^an
  Environment: by photolysis
  

• t1/2: 12 months ^ak
  Temperature (°C): 20
  Environment: abiotic degradation in sandy loam in the dark at 700 mg/kg
  

• t1/2: 6 months ^ak
  Temperature (°C): 20
  Environment: biodegradation in sandy loam in the dark at 700 mg/kg
  

• t1/2: 0.14-1.26 years ^f
  Environment: Based upon aerobic soil die-away test data
  

Toxicity Effects

• Organism Type: Crustaceans ^ak
  Scientific Name: Artemia salina
  Toxicity: 0.02 mg/l
  Test: 3h LC50
  

• Organism Type: Crustaceans ^ak
  Scientific Name: Artemia spp
  Toxicity: > 0.05 mg/l
  Test: 48h LC50
  

• Organism Type: Crustaceans ^ak
  Common Name: Daphnia
  Scientific Name: Daphnia magna
  Toxicity: 0.02 mg/l
  Test: 2h LC50
  

• Organism Type: Crustaceans ^ak
  Common Name: Daphnia
  Scientific Name: Daphnia magna
  Toxicity: 0.035; 3.03 mg/l
  Test: 48h LC50
  

• Organism Type: Crustaceans ^ak
  Common Name: Daphnia
  Scientific Name: Daphnia pulex
  Toxicity: 0.001; > 0.03 mg/l
  Test: 24h EC50
  

• Organism Type: Fish ^ak
  Common Name: Bluegill
  Scientific Name: Lepomis macrochirus
  Toxicity: 11.9 µg/l
  Test: 96h LC50
  

• Organism Type: Fish ^ak
  Common Name: Rainbow trout
  Scientific Name: Oncorhynchus mykiss
  Toxicity: 5 mg/l
  Test: 24h NOEC
  

• Organism Type: Fish ^ak
  Common Name: Fathead minnow
  Scientific Name: Pimephales promelas
  Toxicity: 0.36 mg/l
  Test: 24h LC50
  

Soil Organic Carbon/Water Partition Coefficients

• Koc: Log Koc: 4.15 ^ay
  

• Koc: 26000 ^ak
  

Octanol-Water Partition Coefficients

• Log Kow: Kow: 28200 ^ao
  

• Log Kow: 4.5 ^ay
  

• Log Kow: 4.45 ^ak
  

• Log Kow: 4.45 ^an
  

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